J Roth-Gordon
Biographic Data
| ID | 7189 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Roth-Gordon |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Roth-Gordon |
| SIGNATURE | ROTH-GORDON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | School of Anthropology University of Arizona Tucson Arizona USA |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-0416-9393 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Solar Seduction: Aesthetic Labor and Racial Discipline in Brazil's Newest Tanning Craze
Fita tanning entails the application of thin strips of electrical tape to create an individualized bikini that will give women "a marquinha perfeita" (perfect little tan lines)-lines that are sharp, straight, and delightfully symmetrical. In Brazil, a country hyperfocused on color and racial mixture, tanning shows how low-income non-white women layer racial ideologies onto their bodies and into their aesthetic practices. We argue that tanners in …
For Jane, no language was ever alone: A tribute to Jane H. Hill (1939-2018)
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Race and the Brazilian Body: Blackness, Whiteness, and Everyday Language in Rio de Janeiro
"Based on the spontaneous conversations of shantytown youth hanging out on the streets of their neighborhoods and interviews from the comfortable living rooms of the middle class, Race and the Brazilian Body asks how racial ideas about the superiority of whiteness and the inferiority of blackness continue to play out in the daily lives of Rio de Janeiro's residents. This ethnographic account describes how cariocas (Rio residents) "read" the body …
The Language That Came Down the Hill: Slang, Crime, and Citizenship in Rio de Janeiro
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the register of slang has historically been embraced to forge salient social and spatial distinctions, demarcating the physical space of the favela (shantytown) and naturalizing the exclusion of its residents. In this article, I examine the ongoing enregisterment of slang in Rio's current context of profound social inequality, democratic instability, heightened urban violence, and geographic proximity. Within this clima…
Youth, slang, and pragmatic expressions: Examples from Brazilian Portuguese1
This article draws on an ethnographic study of the stigmatized speech style of poor black male youth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. These youth are said to speakgíria('slang'), and their speech is often described as incomprehensible to the Brazilian middle class. Speakers and listeners point to a wide range of pragmatic expressions as some of the most salient linguistic features associated with this speech style. This article presents examples from B…
Racing and Erasing the Playboy: Slang, Transnational Youth Subculture, and Racial Discourse in Brazil
This article explores the complex negotiation of race, class, and space that surrounds the Brazilian Portuguese slang term 'playboy.' It is argued that youth use this slang term to grapple with transnational debates around race and to make sense of their nation's situation of stark inequality. Poor black male youth, in particular, use this social label to challenge their marginalization from the Brazilian nation-state, constructing themselves as …
You Know My Steez: An Ethnographic and Sociolinguistic Study of Styleshifting in. Black American Speech Community
You Know My Steez: An Ethnographic and Sociolinguistic Study of Styleshifting in. Black American Speech Community. H. Samy Alim. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2004. xxxii. 309 pp
The Language That Came Down the Hill: Slang, Crime, and Citizenship in Rio de Janeiro
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the register of slang has historically been embraced to forge salient social and spatial distinctions, demarcating the physical space of the favela (shantytown) and naturalizing the exclusion of its residents. In this article, I examine the ongoing enregisterment of slang in Rio's current context of profound social inequality, democratic instability, heightened urban violence, and geographic proximity. Within this clima…
Youth, slang, and pragmatic expressions: Examples from Brazilian Portuguese1
This article draws on an ethnographic study of the stigmatized speech style of poor black male youth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. These youth are said to speakgíria('slang'), and their speech is often described as incomprehensible to the Brazilian middle class. Speakers and listeners point to a wide range of pragmatic expressions as some of the most salient linguistic features associated with this speech style. This article presents examples from B…
Racing and Erasing the Playboy: Slang, Transnational Youth Subculture, and Racial Discourse in Brazil
This article explores the complex negotiation of race, class, and space that surrounds the Brazilian Portuguese slang term 'playboy.' It is argued that youth use this slang term to grapple with transnational debates around race and to make sense of their nation's situation of stark inequality. Poor black male youth, in particular, use this social label to challenge their marginalization from the Brazilian nation-state, constructing themselves as …
Youth, slang, and pragmatic expressions: Examples from Brazilian Portuguese1
This article draws on an ethnographic study of the stigmatized speech style of poor black male youth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. These youth are said to speakgíria('slang'), and their speech is often described as incomprehensible to the Brazilian middle class. Speakers and listeners point to a wide range of pragmatic expressions as some of the most salient linguistic features associated with this speech style. This article presents examples from B…
Racing and Erasing the Playboy: Slang, Transnational Youth Subculture, and Racial Discourse in Brazil
This article explores the complex negotiation of race, class, and space that surrounds the Brazilian Portuguese slang term 'playboy.' It is argued that youth use this slang term to grapple with transnational debates around race and to make sense of their nation's situation of stark inequality. Poor black male youth, in particular, use this social label to challenge their marginalization from the Brazilian nation-state, constructing themselves as …
You Know My Steez: An Ethnographic and Sociolinguistic Study of Styleshifting in. Black American Speech Community
You Know My Steez: An Ethnographic and Sociolinguistic Study of Styleshifting in. Black American Speech Community. H. Samy Alim. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2004. xxxii. 309 pp
The Language That Came Down the Hill: Slang, Crime, and Citizenship in Rio de Janeiro
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the register of slang has historically been embraced to forge salient social and spatial distinctions, demarcating the physical space of the favela (shantytown) and naturalizing the exclusion of its residents. In this article, I examine the ongoing enregisterment of slang in Rio's current context of profound social inequality, democratic instability, heightened urban violence, and geographic proximity. Within this clima…
Race and the Brazilian Body: Blackness, Whiteness, and Everyday Language in Rio de Janeiro
"Based on the spontaneous conversations of shantytown youth hanging out on the streets of their neighborhoods and interviews from the comfortable living rooms of the middle class, Race and the Brazilian Body asks how racial ideas about the superiority of whiteness and the inferiority of blackness continue to play out in the daily lives of Rio de Janeiro's residents. This ethnographic account describes how cariocas (Rio residents) "read" the body …
For Jane, no language was ever alone: A tribute to Jane H. Hill (1939-2018)
Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article
Solar Seduction: Aesthetic Labor and Racial Discipline in Brazil's Newest Tanning Craze
Fita tanning entails the application of thin strips of electrical tape to create an individualized bikini that will give women "a marquinha perfeita" (perfect little tan lines)-lines that are sharp, straight, and delightfully symmetrical. In Brazil, a country hyperfocused on color and racial mixture, tanning shows how low-income non-white women layer racial ideologies onto their bodies and into their aesthetic practices. We argue that tanners in …
Multilingual Education and Policy (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Slang (3 works) · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism (3 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)